Sweden, Netherlands Ready to Back Juncker as EU Commission President

Swedish, Dutch Prime Ministers' Support Would Be Blow to U.K.'s Cameron

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Charles Duxbury

Updated June 25, 2014 6:27 p.m. ET

STOCKHOLM—The prime ministers of Sweden and the Netherlands said Wednesday that they are ready to back former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker for president of the European Commission.

Speaking to a parliamentary committee, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said that if Herman Van Rompuy, who is president of the European Council, can show that Mr. Juncker commands the necessary support among the bloc's 28 heads of...